Yoshitoshi: A giant clam and a lady flashing a boat (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: A giant clam and a lady flashing a boat
Series: “Comic Pictures of Famous Places amid the Civilization of Tokyo” (Tokyo kaika kyôga meisho)
Date: 1879

Top, a giant clam surprises the clamdiggers at Susaki by trapping one man’s fingers. Bottom, a boat prostitute is lowered down from a larger vessel to a smaller one, and she seems to flash the men on her way down.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Tsunashima
Literature: Keyes 436.29 and 30.
Signature: Yoshitoshi and Yoshitoshi (giga)

SKU: YOT643